St Ives Town recovered from conceding an early goal to overcome Leek Town 2-1 and progress to the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy.

The hosts made a bright start to the game but disaster struck when a cross was fizzed in from the right and as Saints defender Harry O’Malley attempted to clear, he could only slice his effort into his own net.

Ricky Marheineke’s men then proceeded to dominate the rest of the half but without being able to get back on terms.

The second half saw the hosts struggle to play with the same tempo they had in the first, but they did finally draw level in the 60th minute when Dan Moyes headed Jack Higgs’ free kick back across goal, and O’Malley was there to bundle the ball home.

And just as thought may have been starting to turn to a Tuesday night replay, Danny Kelly beat a defender and crossed for Josh Dawkin who set up Ben Seymour-Shove to fire home the winner.

“It was a fair result but Leek were probably disappointed they didn’t win,” said St Ives boss Marheineke.

“They were the better team in the second half and maybe we were a bit fortunate to win.

“But we’ve been on the wrong end of results in games when we’ve deserved to get something out of them. The luck was with us today.”

Tom Wood scored a dramatic late equaliser for St Neots Town at Marine to ensure their tie goes to a replay tomorrow night after a 1-1 draw.

After a goalless first half, Saints went behind when just after the hour.

Sam Mulready had a great chance to equalise but fired wide, and an inspired Marine keeper continued to keep the visitors out.

Mulready and a Marine player both saw red after an incident in the 88th minute, and moments later Nassim L’Ghoul was also sent off.

But despite being down to nine men, Saints had the final say when Wood scored in the 90th minute.

“We deserved the draw,” said Saints boss Andy Davies.

“We were a bit lacklustre in the first 45 minutes and it took them going ahead to fire us into life.

“After that it was all us as we took the game to them.”

Royston Town eased into the next round with a 4-0 win at home to Wimborne.

Ryan Ingrey netted twice, with Scott Bridges and Frazer John also scoring.